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'''Admiral''' was for all intents and purposes the highest rank one could aspire to in the [[Royal Navy]] and still have a sea-going career. Senior to {{ViceRN}} but junior to {{FleetRN}}, Admirals tended to be given command of ocean-going fleets and the home port commands. | '''Admiral''' was for all intents and purposes the highest rank one could aspire to in the [[Royal Navy]] and still have a sea-going career. Senior to {{ViceRN}} but junior to {{FleetRN}}, Admirals tended to be given command of ocean-going fleets and the home port commands. | ||
==Retirement== | |||
Flag Officers promoted to the Flag Rank before 8 December, 1903, were compulsorily retired seven years after their flag was hauled down, or if they had not hoisted their flag since their Service as Captain ceased.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 815.</ref> | |||
Admirals promoted to Flag Rank after 8 December, 1903, and prior to 1 April, 1914, were compulsorily retired five years after their last Service as a Flag Officer.<ref>Ibid.</ref> | |||
Those Admirals promoted after 1 April, 1914, were to be compulsorily retired three years after their last Service as a Flag Officer, after they had served one year in the rank of Admiral, and provided it didn't conflict with the other regulations.<ref>Ibid.</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War#Admiral|Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War]] | *[[Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War#Admiral|Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War]] | ||
==Footnotes== | |||
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==Bibliography== | |||
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[[Category:Royal Navy Officer Ranks]] | [[Category:Royal Navy Officer Ranks]] | ||
[[Category:Admirals (Royal Navy)|*]] | |||
Revision as of 10:05, 10 October 2010
Admiral was for all intents and purposes the highest rank one could aspire to in the Royal Navy and still have a sea-going career. Senior to Vice-Admiral but junior to Admiral of the Fleet, Admirals tended to be given command of ocean-going fleets and the home port commands.
Retirement
Flag Officers promoted to the Flag Rank before 8 December, 1903, were compulsorily retired seven years after their flag was hauled down, or if they had not hoisted their flag since their Service as Captain ceased.[1]
Admirals promoted to Flag Rank after 8 December, 1903, and prior to 1 April, 1914, were compulsorily retired five years after their last Service as a Flag Officer.[2]
Those Admirals promoted after 1 April, 1914, were to be compulsorily retired three years after their last Service as a Flag Officer, after they had served one year in the rank of Admiral, and provided it didn't conflict with the other regulations.[3]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
